Bought a new Howa 1500 with the 24 inch sporter barrel back in December. Was looking for s better deer load than my cheapo Winchester PowerPoints so I decided to try the Hornady American Whitetail round in 150gr.
It tossed 10 shots around an 8 inch circle with no pattern, just randomly high..low...left...right. I tried the 150gr PowerPoints and they were spot on and then shot some .75 inch groups using Federal Gameking 165gr.
I called Legacy Sports and asked what ammo they use to test their guns since they now advertise a 1MOA guarantee. All he said was they use match ammo but he did tell me to never use Hornady American Whitetail. He offered this up without me telling him my experience and when I asked why he said something about headspace issues and how they are hard to close the bolt on. I guess they have too much headspace and that causes the accuracy issue which is exactly what I saw in my testing.
Just passing along
It tossed 10 shots around an 8 inch circle with no pattern, just randomly high..low...left...right. I tried the 150gr PowerPoints and they were spot on and then shot some .75 inch groups using Federal Gameking 165gr.
I called Legacy Sports and asked what ammo they use to test their guns since they now advertise a 1MOA guarantee. All he said was they use match ammo but he did tell me to never use Hornady American Whitetail. He offered this up without me telling him my experience and when I asked why he said something about headspace issues and how they are hard to close the bolt on. I guess they have too much headspace and that causes the accuracy issue which is exactly what I saw in my testing.
Just passing along
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